HOW WOULD áYOUR KIDS LIKE TO SPEND TWO WEEKS OF SUMMER.. IN SCHOOL? IN RALSTON MORE THAN 100 NEW 7TH GRADERS.. SIGNED UP FOR IT! STAFF SAY THE LESSONS - MAKE A KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S JEREMY THIS NEW STORY AT TEN, JEREMY? IT'S A BRIDGE - TO THIS BUILDING - RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ... HERE IT'S ONLY 7-TH AND 8-TH GRADE,,, AND SCARY! SO THIS WEEK FOCUSES ONLY ON NEW STUDENTS - SETTLING IN TO NEW SURROUNDINGS. ( NATS: are you a dinosaur? Alright. ) EVEN WITH FUN - RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL'S SETTLED IN - TO LEARN. JUST LOOK AT THIS BOARD WHERE STUDENTS POST áTHEIR THOUGHTS ... AND CONCERNS - CAN GET IN THE WAY OF áCLASS - COME FALL.( well, I am nervous about the 8th graders.Kind of. ) áTHIS WEEK - IS ALL ABOUT INCOMING 7-TH GRADERS... ARRIVING FROM SIX DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS... IN THE BRIDGE TO áMIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP.( we thought this was the best way to get kids not as stressed those first few weeks of school. ) 82-PERCENT OF STUDENTS SIGNED UP THIS SUMMER! THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT NEW EXPECTATIONS ... MEETING SOME TEACHERS... EVEN TRAINING ON THE NEW TECHNOLOGY - THEY'LL USE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. ( honestly the biggest thing is a release of any anxiety they have about starting middle school. You can honestly tell the kids who have come to the bridges program on the first day of 7th grade, it's like they've been in school for a month. ) FRIDAY - STUDENTS TACKLE THEIR LOCKER COMBINATIONS - A REAL FEAR - IN A BIG, UNFAMILIAR BUILDING.( you have to make sure you know which class you're going to because there's so many different hallways you can get confused in. ) AND TEACHERS WILL TELL YOU THE CAMP EVEN EMBRACES NEW LEADERS ... READY TO HELP WHEN THEY'RE guys that didn't go, to get them acclimated to the school. ) THE CAMP HAS 9 TEACHERS AND TWO SUPPORT STAFF - ALONG WITH HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS WHO COME BACK TO HELP. WE THOUGHT ABOUT SHOWING YOU THE LOCKER COMBINATION CHALLENGE - BUT YOU KNOW? WHY ADD TO THESE STUDENTS' STRESS - WITH A T-V CAMERA WATCHING. REPORTING LIVE - JEREMY MASKEL K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN.

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